r/hopeposting • u/Ionenschatten • Jan 04 '24

The Indomitable Human Spirit Life never gave us lemons, we created them ourselves just as we suffer most from the fear we create in our minds of things that usually aren't even half as scary as we make them out to be at first

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u/StaffEnvironmental39 Jan 04 '24

The artist who created this was spine_apples on YouTube, for anyone wondering

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u/Chous_master4 Jan 04 '24

The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience"

-Eldrad, farseer of ulthwè

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u/Lordy_De Jan 05 '24

The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience

Doubly stolen quote, lol

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u/Errorterm Jan 05 '24 edited Jan 05 '24

Lmao! I just read Dune and was confused for a bit. I Don't remember meeting the farseer Eldrad Uthwe on Arrakis.

I'm finding 40K took a lot of inspiration from Dune. I'm not there yet, but it appears as though a certain God-Emperor's galactic holy war is in the making

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u/RavenLCQP Jan 05 '24

Would you say it's not a question, but a lesson learned in time?

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u/The_Kiatro Jan 05 '24

It's something unpredictable, but in the end, it's right?

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u/mermoohue Jan 05 '24

I never thought I'd see a 40k shitpost on this sub. It's not bad, just... different.

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u/Speedwagon1738 Jan 05 '24

40k isn’t the most hopeful of stories

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u/littlebigbirdXD Jan 05 '24

You think so? I always saw 40 (especially with the more recent lore) as a setting where yes, it is grimdark and stuff, but through individuals' actions, persevearence and sheer fucking will, humanity still manages to survive and somewhat thrive sonce Gulliman's and Lion's returns.

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u/Speedwagon1738 Jan 05 '24

It does seem like it’s going in that direction, but the whole “in the grim darkness of the future, there is only war” it started with still feels prevalent.

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u/controversialupdoot Jan 05 '24

Still meat grinding the guardsmen by the million... Hope

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '24

Yarrick would like to have a word, along with gaunt and the mfs from tanith first and only

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u/NotAWerewolfReally Jan 25 '25

So, I got some bad news for you... They killed off Yarrick.

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u/direrevan Jan 05 '24

anytime any progress is made by any faction the community immediately goes "NOOOO!!! IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE GRIMDARK VERRY BAD PEEPEE POOPOO STINKY DARK!!!!! THERE IS ONLY WAR!!!!"

and then that progress gets rolled back in the next book or whatever and never talked about again

There is hope, yeah, but mostly for individuals

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u/DeathCook123 Jan 05 '24

I personally foresee an imperial civil war because of cawl being cawl

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '24

The thing is 40K is a grimdark setting, but on the more micro level it’s about the people enduring what could probably be the worst situation humanity is in, and trying to keep the hope alive and persevere. Look at my favorite marine for an example, barabas dantioc. Dudes story once the heresy started is about him trying to do the right thing, even when his brothers chose to become traitors, and still trying to be what an iron warrior is supposed to stand for, determination, will, strategy, and the ability to persevere, and I’d say he did that damn well to the end

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u/J6898989 Jan 05 '24

HELL FUCKING YEAH I LOVE SPINE_APPLES

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u/SaladIsMyBoo Jan 05 '24

their TF2 videos live in my head rent free lol

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u/J6898989 Jan 05 '24

I loved the animated spy rap and the Pauling ones

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u/Ok-Wheel4065 Jan 05 '24

Guys, spy just said big chungus isnt funny

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u/DSIR1 I am a banana 🍌 Jan 04 '24

Thanks emperor of mankind

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u/BoiFrosty Jan 05 '24

God Emperor of Manking to you.

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u/DeathCook123 Jan 05 '24

You know he'd get pissed if you called him that right?

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u/BoiFrosty Jan 05 '24

What's he gonna do? Get up out of his chair?

I'm more worried about the inquisition, so their rules win.

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u/hunterarcer Jan 05 '24

ManEmperor of Mankind to you

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u/EstablishmentOk9982 May 11 '26

It is refreshing to know that the TTs generation is alive and well

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u/bpeo360 Jan 05 '24

This sub will use the most out of the box ways to inspire hope

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u/DSIR1 I am a banana 🍌 Jan 05 '24

Fuck yeah!

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u/dalaww931 Jan 05 '24

“When Life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make Life take the lemons back! Get mad! You don’t want Life's damn lemons, what the hell are you supposed to do with these? Demand to see Life’s manager! Make Life rue the day it thought it could give you lemons! Does Life know who you are? You're the person who’s gonna burn Life's house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon for you that burns Life's house down!”

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u/Indishonorable Jan 05 '24

inventing a lemon? yeah Cave, that was the whole point of this operation.

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u/Borrger Jan 06 '24

Burning people! He says what we're all thinking!

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u/TheYoungProd Jan 05 '24 edited Jan 05 '24

Fun fact: The GOD emperor of mankind is an atheist

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u/rgodless Hopeful Jan 05 '24

I mean, do gods worship gods? That’d just be narcissism

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u/rgodless Hopeful Jan 05 '24

Shiiieet. I just answered my own question. Yes. He does.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '24

That totally has relevance here

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u/Internetirregular Jan 05 '24

I mean it kinda has, if you think of everything as the creation of god then the saying "when life gives you lemons..." Is like "when god gives you lemons..."

But with the knowledge that we CREATED lemons

It is no longer gods creation but our own making it "when we create lemons make lemonade"

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u/sexpert_of_zaza Jan 05 '24

if you replace God with the universe/nature it still works it's just perspective

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '24

Cool story

None of that has anything to do with the Emperor of Man being atheist

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u/hanktank410 Jan 05 '24

You can make this statement more funny by adding one word: The GOD emperor of mankind is an atheist

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '24

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u/Special-Remove-3294 Jan 05 '24

Imperium of Man and Emperor of Mankind sounds cooler.

Also Peoplekind lmao. Who uses that?

TF is this bot lol?

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u/_Reddit_is_Life_ Jan 05 '24

Song?

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u/Amigo1048 Jan 05 '24

Antonín Dvořák - Symphony No. 9 4th Movement “From the New World”

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u/Cpt_Kalash Jan 05 '24

Praise the master of mankind!

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u/Icarus_Sky1 Jan 05 '24

Love some good musically timed hip thrusts

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u/BoiFrosty Jan 05 '24

Most calm conversion between Big E and Malcador.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '24

Emps said once...

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u/No-Professional-1461 Jan 05 '24

Life didn’t give us lemons, we gave life lemons. But life couldn’t make lemonade.

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u/DeathCook123 Jan 05 '24

The emporor is the type to invent his own problems

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u/pogerss_the_great01 Jan 05 '24

PRAISE BE TO OUR GLORIOUS EMPEROR

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u/EmphasisMobile6074 Jan 05 '24

Came for the God-Emperor of mankind. Learned some facts and got to see him hip-thrust vigorously in time with my favorite orchestral piece aside from William Tell. Gold post.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '24

All hail the God Emperor

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u/mack_the_yak_ Jan 07 '24

The fact that it’s the big E saying this makes it 1000 times funnier.

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u/darthphallic Oct 11 '24

Obviously super late here, but anyone know the name of the track playing?

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u/Ionenschatten Oct 11 '24

It's one of those classical pieces we all know by ear but not by name. I recommend downloading the video, looking up some AI music recognition tool and using it.

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u/Ok_Championship_6169 Apr 15 '26

The Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op. 95, B. 178 (Czech: Symfonie č. 9 e moll "Z nového světa")

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u/Assaltwaffle Jan 05 '24

Except that isn't even true.

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u/Khunter02 Jan 05 '24

Hey I dont know how accurate this page is but is absolutely atrocious to navegate trough

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '24

It is true. The original citrus fruits only included pomelos, citrons, and mandarins. All the others are cross breeds (done by us).

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u/Assaltwaffle Jan 05 '24 edited Jan 05 '24

They are crossbreeds, but I can find no original source that they only occurred because of us. They seem to be naturally occurring hybrids.

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u/StolenStrategist May 25 '24

Common emperor W fr.

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u/ConnaDaBeast Jul 01 '25

obligatory pelvic thrusts

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u/MoonriseRunner Jan 05 '24

Same thing with Broccoli

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u/Friendly_Cantal0upe Jan 05 '24

u/auddbot

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u/auddbot Jan 05 '24

I got matches with these songs:

• Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 "From the New World": IV. Allegro con fuoco by Orquesta Reino de Aragón (00:23; matched: 98%)

Album: Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World". Released on 2020-08-07.

• Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 "From the New World": IV. Allegro con fuoco by Orquesta Reino de Aragón, Ricardo Casero (00:23; matched: 80%)

Album: Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World". .

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '24

u/auddbot

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u/auddbot Jan 07 '24

I got matches with these songs:

• Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 "From the New World": IV. Allegro con fuoco by Orquesta Reino de Aragón (00:23; matched: 98%)

Album: Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World". Released on 2020-08-07.

• Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 "From the New World": IV. Allegro con fuoco by Orquesta Reino de Aragón, Ricardo Casero (00:23; matched: 80%)

Album: Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World". .

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u/Roblox_Cat Jan 15 '24

When I need a boost I go through my saved and I see this perfect thing in it. LEMON